Every April 26, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation) celebrate World Intellectual Property Day to educate about the role that intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyright) play in encouraging innovation and creativity.
So, we thought we'd get on board this year and ask Charlotte Wigham; Head of Intellectual Property at Aticus Law; to write an article on how Intellectual Property relates to Designers and their clients.
Designers & their clients: who owns the copyright?
Under English law in the absence of any express or implied term to the contrary the author, i.e. the person who created a work, for example, a designer, will usually own the copyright, or if the ...
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